Theresa Taylor and Larry Taylor v. Raymond Corporation, Incorporated

The Taylors filed this diversity suit claiming damages under Illinois’ strict product liability statute. The defendant, Raymond Corporation, Inc., moved for summary judgment based on the Illinois statute of repose. The district court granted summary judgment, and this appeal followed. We now affirm the district court’s judgment.

I FACTS

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Subsection 13-213 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure provides for three separate periods of repose:

1) Subsection 13 — 213(b) establishes that, “[sjubject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d),” the period of repose is “12 years from the date of…